Aug 24, 2022
At Wavedata we have always believed that product complexity and manufacturing cost was the limiting factor on how quickly prices would fall after generic launch. However, is this correct? To clarify this Wavedata looked at 414 solid dose, combined, liquids, devices...
Aug 22, 2022
Comparing Retail Market Prices with the English Drug Tariff. Wavedata have been collecting the prices offered to or paid by pharmacies since 2000, so we thought we’d do a comparison between the generic prices we collected in August 2022 and the English Drug Tariff. We...
Aug 19, 2022
The companies making and selling branded products need to understand how well their efforts are working to convince GPs to prescribe their brands. The graphic below shows a number of branded generics, however changes in the way they are reimbursed (VPAS) means that...
Aug 17, 2022
The companies making and selling branded generics do help to save the NHS money, though in a rather roundabout way. They could simply launch generics and compete with each other for market share. However, having their own brand names allows them to improve the quality...
Aug 15, 2022
In July 2022 a £13.65 concession price was granted to help pharmacists during a time of shortages and price rises. This product has seen its average market price, paid by pharmacists and dispensing doctors, declining gradually from over £60.00 in 2012 to less than...
Aug 8, 2022
The prices pharmacies and dispensing doctors pay for statins in the UK is very variable with prices for packs ranging from £0.01 to £14.64. This means that individual manufacturers and wholesalers adjust their prices to maximise sales and profits by trying to...
